Cana Marriage Retreats form couples to live out a deeper level of loving intimacy through faithful understanding of what it means to live a valid and sacramental marriage through experiential exercises.

CANA Marriage Retreats

Cana Retreats is a parish based organization led by Dana Nygaard, MA, LPC. Dana is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a private practice in Plano. She is a professional member of the Catholic Psychotherapy Association and proudly serves the Diocese of Dallas as a Marriage Readiness Assessor.

Marriage Prep

Finding Cana is an experiential pre-cana retreat designed to bring engaged couples to a deeper level of intimacy through faithful understanding of what it means to enter and live a valid and sacramental marriage. Throughout the two-day retreat the engaged couples grow closer to each other and God.

Marriage Enrichment

A Forever Cana retreat is an experiential event designed to bring couples to a deeper level of intimacy. Throughout the two-day retreat the participants find themselves by learning to give of themselves, and flourish in relationships of love to each other and to God.

UPCOMING FOREVER CANA RETREATS

FOREVER CANA Camp CopassJanuary 12 & 13 2019

FOREVER CANASt. Francis of Assisi Catholic ChurchJune 29 & 30, 2019

Marriage Convalidation

A Return to Canaretreat is a special time for couples who desire to live out the holy vocation of a sacramental marriage, examine marriage as a partnership and covenant with God, learning tried-and-true marriage skills and tools, while reflecting on their current marriage.

Marriage Enrichment

At a Blessed Boundaries retreat, couples discover how God’s gift of the Ten Commandments, not only applies to their individual lives but to their marriage as well. The retreat is designed to open hearts and minds regarding their approach their marital union.

About the Nygaards

Dana Nygaard is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a private practice in Plano. She is a professional member of the Catholic Psychotherapy Association and proudly serves the Diocese of Dallas as a Marriage Readiness Assessor.

David Nygaard enjoys facilitating retreats with his wife, Dana. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice and Master of Education from Stephen F. Austin State University. As a retired probation officer and former volunteer of 11 years with the American Red Cross Disaster Services.